We will shortly be opening enrolment for the Foundation of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, a brand new course supported by School of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, which will commence on ……. 2010. This course, which is delivered from 6 weeks to 10 weeks, has been designed to our growing of logistics providers and facilitates a comprehensive grounding in the major commercial aspects of the transportation related industries.
A great course for entrants into the industry or those who want to expand their understanding of this dynamic sector and looking to develop their knowledge and progress their career;
Logistics Management: Relationship between logistics and SCM, Logistics cost, Supply Chain Design, Logistics and Supply Chain Indicators, Out-sourcing strategies, Global logistics and ……
Supply Chain Management: the four basic sourcing options for SCM, the key enablers of SCM implementation, selecting the right sourcing strategy and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Critical Success Factors, Components and basic tools, making sense of customer relationship management, Strategic, Operational, Analytical CRM, the goal of CRM value chain and so on
Warehousing and distribution; Logistics and distribution, warehouse versus inventory, physical distribution channel, its strategy Storage function, handling equipment, economic order quantity concept (EOQ), Lead-time
Operations management: OM is about managing processes and different characteristics, its activities, its model, the strategic role and objectives, Operations strategy, the nature of planning and control, its Capacity, the volume decision and the timing decision in inventory, Measuring and improving performance, Improvement priorities, Approaches to improvement, the techniques of improvement, the operations challenge,
E-Business Logistics: E-business fundamentals, E-Business models, E-Business Infrastructure and so on If you think this course could be of interest to you or any of your colleagues, please contact us at SL & SCM for further information.